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ChamSys console used for Woman’s Hour’s farewell show

Woman’s Hour performed a farewell concert at London’s The Dome in Tufnell Park on Friday March 22, 2019. Creating an ethereal vibe for the concert was a production concept that drew on simple, but impactful imagery, while it played with negative space. Created by David Howard, and based entirely on lighting, this design was controlled by a ChamSys MagicQ MQ80 console.

Forming the foundation of the band’s entire stage aesthetic was an illuminated structure of a house which provided the band and dancers on stage with a performance environment and also served as a symbol of Woman’s Hour “coming home” for one final show.

The aim of the illuminated house was to provide a softly-lit space that the dancers and band could interact with, perform inside and use to show contrast and progression over the course of the show. Utilizing The Dome’s in-house Chauvet Professional Strike 1, as well as Rogue R2 Wash fixtures, Howard juxtaposed diffused white illumination from the structure against color through heavy doses of haze.

“The space inside the house appeared to glow,” says Howard. “It had to contrast starkly with the void of negative space outside, making it impactful when the dancers entered and exited for select songs. This evoked a variety of emotional states, especially when we complemented it with balanced sidelighting from the R2s.”

Having performed at the venue on a previous tour, Howard was able to take a show file containing the in-house venue rig as a starting point for the foundation of his design. Using his ChamSys MagicQ MQ80 console, he adapted his design to the existing in-house lighting rig within the venue.

Howard used the ChamSys PreVis software to program and design his rig in the days before entering the venue. “The show was designed and pitched in Wysiwyg and pre-programmed using ChamSys MagicVis,” he says.

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